SKUAST-Kashmir hosts the 13th All India Sustainable Mountain Development Summit on the draft J&K mountain policy
13 October 2026
The 13th All India Sustainable Mountain Development Summit was held from October 12 to 14 at the Shalimar Convention Centre of SKUAST-Kashmir in Srinagar.
Its theme was "Contouring Sustainable Himalayan Landscapes for Inclusive Viksit Bharat", and it was jointly organised by SKUAST-K and the Integrated Mountain Initiative (IMI).
Deliberations centred on the draft Jammu & Kashmir Sustainable Mountain Development Policy 2026.
Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh said preserving the Himalayas is a national responsibility.
He said DST has identified three centres for Himalayan climate research, at the University of Kashmir, Sikkim University and Tezpur University, under the National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem.
He added that India's weather radar network has grown from 16 radars in 2014 to 50, with another 50 planned under Mission Mausam.
In plain words
SKUAST-K Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir — The agricultural university of the Kashmir division, with its campus at Shalimar, Srinagar.
NMSHE National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem — One of the missions under India's National Action Plan on Climate Change, handled by the Department of Science and Technology.
Mission Mausam — The Union government's mission to upgrade weather observation and forecasting.